12th Annual British Motorcar Gathering • June 12, 2005 HELLERTOWN 2005: WHAT A WONDERFUL SHOW! By Dick Horn The 12th Annual British Motorcar Gathering (known to all as the Hellertown show) has come and gone, but what a show! I understand we had 91
pre-registered cars and 102 cars registering the day of the show, for a total of 193! That is just wonderful! Best of Show 12th Annual British Motorcar Gathering List of Winners Class C • MG TD & TF Class D • MGA & Magnettes Class E • MGB/C • Chrome bumper Class F • MGB • Rubber bumper Class G MGB/C GT Class H Austin Healey 100/3000 Class I Austin Healey Sprite Class J Triumph TR2/TR3 Class K • Triumph TR250/TR4 Class L • Triumph TR6 Class N • Triumph Spitfire Class O • Mini Cooper / MINI Class P • Jaguar XK Class Q • Jaguar XKE Class R • Jaguar XJS/XJ Class S • Other British Saloon Class T • Other British Sports Class U • Morgan
Major Media Coverage
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The Hellertown show was also a time to visit with old friends...............
Hellertown Reservoir Park, Hellertown, Pa.
2005 Club President
I happened to run into a prior member of the club over the weekend who praised the show saying, “we are approaching national status.” I’d say that’s quite a
compliment, and he also asked for a membership application, so that should be one more for the club!
It goes without saying that to pull-off a show like this takes team work, and to all those who gave of their time and energy, a big THANK YOU goes out to you.
This year we used a different way of tallying the votes, thanks to Kim and Chaz de Bourbon. They had worked this method out the previous year at the “Lord of the Manor” show, and it really made life easier. It made life so easy that we had the results in so soon that the prizes were given out and people started to leave a little earlier than usual. Ed Haas actually had a woman complain to him that the show was ending too soon!
I also received a complaint about the Mini category which we’ll have to look into next year, but all in all it was a great show and one that we can be proud of, from the way we registered the cars and parked them to the great music, it all came together wonderfully!
Jeff and Herb Sechler's
1948 Jaguar Mark IV
Class A • MG Midget
1st Mark Duval
2nd * Jim Trauger, Perkasie (1976)
3rd Rob Waston
Class B • MG TC and Earlier
1st Dan Bauer
2nd Alan Neibuhr, Frenchtown (1949 MG TC)
1st Einer Andersen
2nd *Gregg Van Hook, Upper Black Eddy
(1955 MG TF)
3rd Gregory Lake, Jamison (1951 MG TD)
1st Thomas Brobst, Allentown (1958)
2nd * Bob Petras
3rd Jeff Decker
1st Joseph Bevilacqua
2nd Jeff & Bert Shank, Elizabethtown (1967)
3rd John Kosztyo, Belle Mead, NJ (1967)
1st Adele & Fritz Warner, Morton (1979 LE)
2nd Alfred Reda
3rd Mark Johnson
1st Ed Morotta
2nd Forrest Collier
3rd Nancy Ware
1st Jack Robulard
2nd Joe Bardon
3rd Gary Shunk
1st Michael Adams
2nd Chris Cikovic
3rd Phil Nase
1st Elio Bracco
2nd *Joe & Fran McDonald
3rd Jean Paul Gagnon
1st Bill Thomas, Frenchtown, NJ (1964 TR4)
2nd Harold Vogelsong, Doylestown (1967 TR4)
3rd Robert Kovel, Westmont, NJ (1963 TR4)
1st Chip Krout, Skippack (1976 TR6)
2nd James French
3rd Dan EngenClass M • Triumph GT6
1st Steven Bodenweiser, Hamburg (1969)
2nd Tom Hovis
3rd Alan Gruskes
1st John Ricci
2nd Dave Willner
3rd Ed Matten
1st Bruce Bowker
2nd Rich Dise
3rd Manny Lopez, Edison, NJ (2003 MINI)
1st Maury DeAngeli, Pennsburg (1952 XK102)
2nd Arnold Rappaport
3rd Larry Chesterton
1st John Caporato
2nd Louis Ottaviano, Pottstown (1964)
3rd *Don & Sue Lawson, Neola (1963)
1st Anthony Paone
2nd Louis Azzarili
3rd Scott Wilbur
1st Herb & Jeff Sechler, Whitehall
(1948 Jaguar Mark IV)
2nd George Davis, Villanova (1962 Morris Minor)
3rd Jan Eyerman
1st David & Louise Watson
2nd Dennis Manshor
3rd Bud Panick
1st Jim Dickson
2nd Richard Marzuozi
3rd Scott Walloughley
Diamond in the Rough
Andrea Petresky
Best in Show
Herb & Jeff Sechler, Whitehall
1948 Jaguar Mark IV • Also our Best of Show winner (see photo above) in 2003.
* Keystone Region MG Club member
We’re not sure we agree with the headline writer’s choice of the first two adjectives,
but we’re still pleased with the coverage the club received in The Morning Call the day after our show. (below) John and Ellen Andrews (right) were featured in the story,
as were William McCarthy and Ken Beck.
The photo printed with the article shows Bill and his 1955 TF in the background, with Marty and Marybeth Chamberlain’s 1952 TD in the foreground. Great publicity
for our club, all around!
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